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  • From: Rob Myers <robmyers AT mac.com>
  • To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: cc licenses on trademark?
  • Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 21:17:44 +0000

An interesting example of a trademark license is Wizards of The Coast's (Hasbro's) "d20" license. This is a logo indicating compatibility with their games that you can use if you comply with the conditions of the license, one of which is that a certain percentage of your game must be Open Content.

I recommend that anyone interested in Open Trademarks (or a spectrum of rights for trademarks) study the d20/OGL licenses, their reception by the community, their effect on their intended market and how changes to the licenses have affected their usage very closely.

The cc-bizcom archives contain a conversation with the author of the OGL which touches on some of these issues.

- Rob.

On 2 Mar 2005, at 18:52, Thomas wrote:

These could be: the product associated with this trademark should be under a specific license (or allow some rights and impose some dutes), but is jast one case.





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